Technical Note: Commissioning procedures for the dimmable daylighting control systems

TitleTechnical Note: Commissioning procedures for the dimmable daylighting control systems
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsFrancis M Rubinstein
Date Published03/2007
CityBerkeley, California
Abstract

This memorandum presents a procedure for verifying that the lighting controls manufacturer has properly calibrated the response of control system for the overhead lighting at the NY Times building. Proper calibration of the lighting control system in this building means adjusting the output of the overhead lighting system so that the following criteria are satisfied:

  1. The average illuminance over a representative portion of the workstation task surface is at least 90% of the target design level (450 lux is 90% of the target 500 lux level1) and
  2. The overhead lights in the vicinity of the workstation are significantly dimmed (or OFF) if the average illuminance is > 125% (650 lux) of the target level.
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